![]() ![]() What really carries Xillia 2 is the cast. As a plot that drives the character’s actions, it is serviceable, but it never fully explores the implications of its backstory and thus largely wastes its potential. The main story is fairly straightforward and mediocre, and only really hits all the right notes near the end of the game. Tales of Xillia 2 could be considered the Chrono Cross to Xillia’s Chrono Trigger, but without the philosophical undertones about the meaning of life and humanity’s place in the world. Xillia 2 spends much of its main story centered on a story involving the proliferation of multiple dimensions, each stemming from the prime dimension that the characters of Xillia 2 inhabits. Ludger eventually comes under the protection of the Spirius Corporation after his older brother Julius is implicated in the terrorist attack, and in the process he becomes involved in a strange phenomenon involving alternate dimensions and strange ancient powers of a chosen bloodline. In the midst of this, Ludger is caught in a terrorist attack after being accused of pedophilia by an odd young girl named Elle - not the best start to his first day on the job. However, a large amount of prejudice and misconceptions on both sides continues to threaten a prolonged peace. Elympios, a technology-based society, is currently in the process of negotiating a peace with Reize Maxia, the country of advanced magic, in the wake of the events of the previous game. Tales of Xillia 2 follows the adventures of Ludger Will Kresnik, a young man who has hopes of working as an agent for the Spirius Corporation, a massive company in Elympios. ![]() The result is very much two steps forward, one step back. To their surprise, this new project turned out to be a sequel, with the goal of giving closure to the story of Xillia while fixing the problems of its predecessor. It stood to reason, then, that when another Xillia-related project was announced by Namco Bandai, fans were all but certain it would be a director’s cut of Xillia. Certain story arcs were given quick wrap ups, the game ended with an uncertain conclusion, and extraneous post-game content was almost non-existent. Though many fans, myself included, would say that Tales of Xillia was an incredible game, it is undeniable that it felt rather rushed to completion, possibly to meet the deadline for the series’ 15th anniversary. ![]()
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